Mia Wong

Isn't it a little bit weird that they obsess over hippies in the woods and not the obvious boyfriend?

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, and of course it didn't quite work out.

Welcome to the A Building.

Isn't it a little bit weird that they obsess over hippies in the woods and not the obvious boyfriend?

The year was 1968 and a military coup had just rocked the Isthmian country of Panama.

Nearly missed your cue.

And this is the follow-up to last episode on the history of US involvement in Panama.

So you can go back and give that one a listen if you haven't already.

continued to demonstrate its control over Panama's politics, the attempts of its people to exercise their autonomy, to exercise their rights.

That man was Omar Torrijos Herrera, a mestizo officer with middle-class roots who sought to challenge the oligarchy somewhat.

Yeah, yeah.

And the thing is, there are always going to be all types of people in any protest.

Yeah.

He had a critical role in US intervention.

Yeah.

I mean, they did do an invasion.

They kind of bombed a bunch of people and stuff, too.

Not even necessarily install another person because, I mean... Let it trickle down and see how it rides.

Rodriguez was already in power.